94 STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Should young trees, one or two years planted, headed above three 

 feet, and badly headed besides, be replaced by new ones? 



If they are not sound trees, yes. If some are good and healthy, 

 leave them. 



Can new limbs be encouraged to grow on the trunk ? 



No; not after the top is formed. 



Can limbs of overloaded trees be successfully supported to pre- 

 vent breaking ? 



No tree should have such a load as to need proping. 



Can forks in bearing trees be prevented from splitting by wiring 

 them together 1 



Better bolt them. 



When do Abundance and Burbank plums ripen in North Missouri ? 



August. 



Will one quart of salt thrown around the trunk of a tree injure it? 



No ; but will benefit it. 



Have you fruited the Babbett raspberry — can you tell us anything 

 about it "? 



Murray has it and finds it good. 



How or where can we get good rubbers (such as we used to get) 

 for fruit jars ? 



At the wholesale houses in Kansas City. 



Please tell us about growing artichokes for hog feed in winter in 

 this Ozark country. 



Plant and cultivate like potatoes. They will yield 200 bushels per 

 acre and hogs will dig them. 



How can we farmers, with small amount of cash, keep our apples 

 over winter "? 



Make cellars in the sides of these hills. 



What is the most practical way to down the black jack sprouts, 

 looking at it from the standpoint of the man of average means ? 



Cut them in July or August. Cut your trees at that time and they 

 will not sprout so badly. 



What is the best style of plow to use in farming new ground, after 

 having been broken one way thoroughly with a bull-tongue plow ? 



Use the chilled plow. 



What worthy variety of peaches produce true to name from seed ? 



The Smock family will come as near as any unless it be the Indian 

 peach. 



Eeceipt for Borers : One quart coal oil, one pint turpentine, one 

 pound sulphur, one gallon soft soap ; make into emulsion by gentle 

 heat and add 25 gallons of water; wash trees. D. L. Davison, M. D. 



